WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Once the haunt of lovers, these gentle slopes on a Flanders landscape became Hill 60 to the British Tommy – one of the most infamous locations on the battlefields near Ypres. We look at the story of Demarcation Stones, British and Commonwealth Tunnellers, mine craters and bunkers… and a forgotten WW1 Trench Museum.
SUGGESTED READING
Demarcation Stones: www.terres-de-guerre.fr/iti/xUrKIVeSVGZddAAAW
Simon Jones article on the Battle of Messines: www.simonjoneshistorian.com/myths-of-messines/
Herinneringen
LikeLike
Pillars of fire probably my favourite WW1 book
LikeLiked by 1 person
another very good and interesting episode, pity I hadn’t heard it before I visited in 2015 with WRS, though Terry did a good job
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Alan.
LikeLike
Very good……so many stories from the Western Front…..keep it up!
LikeLike
Listened to this, with Nigel Cave’s book next to me, so it was very easy to follow the route described by Paul in yet another excellent podcast.
LikeLike